“Is Trump Trying to Lose? Three ways Monday’s bizarre tweetstorm sabotages his administration’s defense of the travel ban.” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Can Bipartisan Criminal-Justice Reform Survive in the Trump Era?” Justin George has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Sixth Circuit Appeals Court Latest To Say Real-Time Cellphone Location Tracking Not A Fourth Amendment Issue”: Tim Cushing of Techdirt has this post about a per curiam ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.

“How to Influence Trump”: Online at The New Yorker, Ryan Lizza has a post that begins, “George Conway, the wealthy conservative lawyer and husband of Kellyanne Conway, President Trump’s counsellor, prefers to stay in the background.”

And Amy Davidson has a post titled “Trump’s ‘Travel Ban’ Tweets Show His Disdain for His Lawyers.”

“Jeff Sessions suggested he could resign amid rising tension with President Trump”: Jonathan Karl of ABC News has this report.

“Gov. Andrew Cuomo could pick first LGBT judge for high court”: Jon Campbell of The Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chronicle has this report.

“New York City curb on sex shops is constitutional: NY top court.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the New York State Court of Appeals issued today.

“Trump tweets could create ethics headaches for DOJ lawyers”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

The post comes with its own trigger-warning, sure to inspire many “How Appealing” readers to click-through: “Quote in 8th paragraph may be objectionable to some readers.”

“New high court challenge to labor unions follows 4-4 split”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Conservative groups are wasting little time in trying to deal a crippling blow to labor unions now that Justice Neil Gorsuch has joined the Supreme Court.”

In today’s mail: I received a copy of the new book “Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude,” by Sixth Circuit Judge Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin. The book is scheduled to go on sale on June 13, 2017.

Judge Kethledge included a kind note commemorating this blog’s recent 15th birthday above his signature inside the book’s front cover.

“Professor Amy Coney Barrett — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

Programming note: On Tuesday morning, I will be presenting oral argument in an appeal on behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants to a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Additional posts will appear here Tuesday afternoon.

As always while I am away from the office, appellate-related retweets are more likely to appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.

“Trump Promotes Original ‘Travel Ban,’ Eroding His Legal Case”: Adam Liptak and Peter Baker of The New York Times have this report.

And in related coverage, in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times, Baker and Maggie Haberman will have an article headlined “Trump Grows Discontented With Attorney General Jeff Sessions.”

“‘Pink slime’ defamation case against ABC under way in South Dakota”: Timothy Mclaughlin and P.J. Huffstutter of Reuters have this report.

And Jonathan Ellis of The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota reports that “Billions of dollars, First Amendment protections, at stake in ABC lawsuit.”

“Georgia high court upholds $35M award in 6 Flags lawsuit”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Georgia issued today.

“Trump’s Tweets May Have Sunk His Travel Ban: The president fires off some ill-advised tweets confirming the legal arguments opposed to his policy.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Trump Tanks His Own Case at the Supreme Court: How to create a headache for your lawyers in four tweets.”

And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay titled “With Every Tweet, Trump Turns His DOJ Into More of a Mockery: How the president is losing his travel ban case every time he tweets about his travel ban.”

“Nominating Judge Humetewa to the Ninth Circuit”: Carl Tobias has this post at the blog of the Los Angeles Review of Books.

“A Ban The Court Would Love to Avoid”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court issued rulings in four argued cases.

1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton, No. 16-74. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Honeycutt v. United States, No. 16-142. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court (with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch participating) in Kokesh v. SEC, No. 16-529. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. And Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court (with Justice Gorsuch participating) in Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc., No. 16-605. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Justices side with religious hospitals in pension dispute“; “High court limits seizure of assets from drug conspiracies“; and “Justices limit recovery in securities fraud cases.”

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in one case and summarily affirmed in one case.

In addition, in North Carolina v. Covington, No. 16-1023, on direct appeal from a federal district court’s decision, the Court issued a unanimous, per curiam decision vacating the district court’s remedial order and remanding the case for further proceedings.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Justices will review police use of cellphone tower data” and “Justices affirm ruling striking NC legislative districts.”

“Trump Doubles Down on Original ‘Travel Ban'”: Peter Baker of The New York Times has this report.

Paige Winfield Cunningham and Brian Murphy of The Washington Post report that “In Twitter barrage, Trump ramps up push for ‘TRAVEL BAN!’ even as opposition hardens.”

Lawrence Hurley and Susan Heavey of Reuters report that “Trump urges tougher U.S. travel ban, expedited court review.”

And Julie Pace and Darlene Superville of The Associated Press report that “Trump assails Justice Dep’t court strategy on travel ban.”

“OT2016 #23: ‘A Necessary Evil.'” You can access this week’s new episode of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Dan Epps and the newly married Ian Samuel, via this link.

“A panoply of challenges to discourse, and a bright spot locally: Consider, please, the example of three judges who lean left backing one who’s solidly on the right.” Columnist D.J. Tice has this essay online at The Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Earlier, retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justices Alan C. Page, Helen M. Meyer, and Paul H. Anderson had an essay titled “The case for the nomination of David Stras to the federal courts; As retired justices who once served with him on the Minnesota Supreme Court, we can attest that he has the attributes needed.”

“Judge Revives Potential Class-Action Suit Against Whole Foods Regarding Overcharging; Appeals court ruling is a setback for gourmet grocer as it looks to lure back customers”: Heather Haddon of The Wall Street Journal has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued on Friday.

“Appeals court upholds ‘Chip’ Fattah conviction”: Robert Moran of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued on Friday.

“Pfizer defeats appeals linking Zoloft to birth defects”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued Friday.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: En Banc Oral Argument (Part II).” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“The Key Word for Travel Ban Is ‘Animus’; Court rulings against Trump so far keep mentioning one of Justice Kennedy’s favorite concepts”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“How Trump Has Stoked the Campus Debate on Speech and Violence”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this post online at The New Yorker.

“The judge who says he’s part of the gravest injustice in America”: Mallory Simon and Sara Sidner of CNN.com have this report.

“In Bias Cases, Gorsuch Subpar for the Course”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Innocent Until Your Mug Shot Is on the Internet”: Tim Stelloh will have this essay in the SundayReview section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.

As the essay explains, “Federal authorities have considered the release of a booking photograph an invasion of privacy, and in its ruling last year, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed, overruling a 1996 decision that allowed the release. The Free Press appealed this decision to the United States Supreme Court; last month, the court declined to hear the case.”

“The Supreme Court’s Options in the Travel Ban Case”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Travel Ban Headed to Supreme Court; Legality of Trump’s order may be decided quickly by justices.”

“Protecting Consumers in Patent Cases”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Gorsuch Rejects Doubts Over ‘Rule of Law Today'”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

And Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Gorsuch stresses rule of law, system where ‘government can lose in its own courts.’”